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agaibegin some people say it's d for the united states but i don't think it's bad for the united states. i don't see any reason why the rising influence of brazil or turkey or india is in any way temporary to american interests. >> charlie: is the rise of the arab spring in the arab world good for the united states? >> i think on the balance -- >> charlie: and for the world and the people of the arab world. >> this is a classic it's too soon to answer this question. i don't know what the arab spring will lead to. what's interesting is in the best of all words let's say egypt really is a democracy we're going to have this very mixed picture. there are ways in which it's going to be set backs for the united states strategically. popularly governed egypt is not going to be as close an ally and is war on terror, on other issues as, you know, as the stalwart are lubaric was. my view nevertheless because our transcending interest is in a certain kind of world order we benefit nevertheless even if we pay a price in some short term interest. one example like that i think of is the philippines i
agaibegin some people say it's d for the united states but i don't think it's bad for the united states. i don't see any reason why the rising influence of brazil or turkey or india is in any way temporary to american interests. >> charlie: is the rise of the arab spring in the arab world good for the united states? >> i think on the balance -- >> charlie: and for the world and the people of the arab world. >> this is a classic it's too soon to answer this question. i...
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states in this very uncritical wave of suggest that anybody would be aggressors is the united states isn't it's a mistake or a sense of script that you when you make a media amp and they immediately start beating the drums for the room i think there's an element of excitement there bam israel on top of a sort of web based is a good wavings which is what happens when you can fetch and will study people with some of the political opinions and you can run ads campaigns together that you get as a media event then you want to impede the match to it will remain critical scrutinize it but instead few it and jump on the bandwagon and you see it time and time again and we're seeing it again that of the right so let's take a look at this example from jamaica chefs that i met and they say he's their pentagon correspondent and auburn is going to play a short clip of that and then lay tell us exactly what's wrong with it if it's not obvious enough yet. and if israel launches it strikes against still runs nuclear program iranian leaders have threatened i'm all out war. the u.s. navy's fifth fleet
states in this very uncritical wave of suggest that anybody would be aggressors is the united states isn't it's a mistake or a sense of script that you when you make a media amp and they immediately start beating the drums for the room i think there's an element of excitement there bam israel on top of a sort of web based is a good wavings which is what happens when you can fetch and will study people with some of the political opinions and you can run ads campaigns together that you get as a...
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they face a lot of problems that the united states just because the united states project started a few decades later the united states was able to overcome some of the problems the french had faced. the french didn't have as good technological development as the u.s. had. they faced much more trouble in terms of disease. by the time the united states project began in the early 20th century discoveries had been made about what caused malaria and yellow fever in the united states and able to take action to eradicate those diseases. also the united states made the decision, crucial decision to build a canal rather than at sea level canal. >> host: what was the crucial? >> guest: ac level canal was more difficult to accomplish, much more radical digging and structural recreations of the area had to be done for c level so the lock canal was a brilliant decision. >> host: how long is the panama canal? >> about 40 miles. >> host: how long would it take to traverse it? >> guest: i took a ship through the canal several years ago and it is an all day trip. >> host: because of the locks? >> guest
they face a lot of problems that the united states just because the united states project started a few decades later the united states was able to overcome some of the problems the french had faced. the french didn't have as good technological development as the u.s. had. they faced much more trouble in terms of disease. by the time the united states project began in the early 20th century discoveries had been made about what caused malaria and yellow fever in the united states and able to...
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states of the things our united states . that i mr obama said ok that's why he's proposing unilateral cuts in u.s. nuclear arsenals mr obama has been opposed to pollute for ration everywhere and he wants to move towards nuclear zero as it's called getting rid of nuclear weapons that's one of the reasons he's so opposed to proliferation is he would like to see the world move away from nuclear weapons and i agree there's a double standard eight countries have nuclear weapons and those countries have should move towards a new canoes zero it's going to be a long slow process but let's move in that direction together as a group meanwhile let's reinforce our efforts against proliferation that's why the focus on the iran because the concern about proliferation ok good i'm going to give you the last word in this program what's next i think you'll i believe i agree is as it is not a standard and it is racist to as humans it is that i.e. is that americans are british the french are more rational than their plans are iranians is that y
states of the things our united states . that i mr obama said ok that's why he's proposing unilateral cuts in u.s. nuclear arsenals mr obama has been opposed to pollute for ration everywhere and he wants to move towards nuclear zero as it's called getting rid of nuclear weapons that's one of the reasons he's so opposed to proliferation is he would like to see the world move away from nuclear weapons and i agree there's a double standard eight countries have nuclear weapons and those countries...
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the united states could monitor these these missiles many in the united states dislike the views of. a maintains that the european missile defense system is ineffective the scientist estimates that it has no chance of protecting the united states from a rainy and missiles instead it creates problems for russia if russia believes the fence is not needed. but it doesn't if you're radical threat to russia. my guess is that russia. if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so it solves the political problem and it provides much more capable defense with the united states and incidentally much cheaper. the professor believes that the purpose of nato is radar and europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technologies. the real target could be russia but certainly it makes the people of europe less safe it draws them in in fact as a geo strategic pawn by great powers as they maneuver and use the missile defense shield not as a way to defend your not as a way to defend anybody in fact but to provide a first strike
the united states could monitor these these missiles many in the united states dislike the views of. a maintains that the european missile defense system is ineffective the scientist estimates that it has no chance of protecting the united states from a rainy and missiles instead it creates problems for russia if russia believes the fence is not needed. but it doesn't if you're radical threat to russia. my guess is that russia. if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so...
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how do you see the united states today in the world? after the economic collapse, after the arab spring, after the whole range after the rise of china and the east? >> well, the impression is that the strength and power of the united states is waning. it is not as strong as before. cheerily, the economy crisis also, deepened the wound in the united states. right now the united states is very much becoming isolated and less involved in the. >> rose: isolated? >> yes. i mean look -- they are not involved, for example, from the point of view of the palestinian israeli crisis .. there is no involvement at all. they are not involved at all. we see for example now the pulling out from iraq, although it was good politically for locally but the position here, the civil war over there, if there is a fight between sunnis and shiites. after spending $2 trillion. >> rose: are you suggesting they shouldn't have pulled out? >> no, i am saying they should have some troops stay over there. >> rose: they were prepared and asked by the government of iraq
how do you see the united states today in the world? after the economic collapse, after the arab spring, after the whole range after the rise of china and the east? >> well, the impression is that the strength and power of the united states is waning. it is not as strong as before. cheerily, the economy crisis also, deepened the wound in the united states. right now the united states is very much becoming isolated and less involved in the. >> rose: isolated? >> yes. i mean...
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this is good news for the united states. all that is within the continental united states. so those pipelines being built there are -- these investments are going forward. >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the ranking member referred to the first ever downgrade of our treasuries. i would remind the ranking member that the express reason given by s&p was the dysfunction of some in congress who seemed willing to threaten to go into default. i think that we need to invest in energy. and i think we need to invest in energy of the future. i think all of the above doesn't mean all of all of the above. as the bp spill in the gulf showed us, that not exercising judgment -- some judgment about environmental and safety impacts can undermine the economic well-being and the very goal of energy independence. i think what your budget shows to me is a sensible investment in innovation in energies of the future, including energy efficiency which brings me to the 1703 loan guarantee program. i see that you didn't really ask
this is good news for the united states. all that is within the continental united states. so those pipelines being built there are -- these investments are going forward. >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the ranking member referred to the first ever downgrade of our treasuries. i would remind the ranking member that the express reason given by s&p was the dysfunction of some in congress who seemed...
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united states may have to defend there we're. going to question that's who the purist and those are sort of five of them but you know the attitudes that we see in terms of this are really interesting to for example right we had u.s. officials coming out last week saying that israel was in fact funding the enrique. a in order to carry out or at least play some kind of a role in the assassinations the murders of nuclear scientists in iran you have some people arguing that well it's ok if israel's doing it because it's for a good cause and i thought was kind of interesting that kevin drum decided to step in here and take a look at both sides and he basically made the following point saying that it's still terrorism when israel does it so says still is it terrorism yes do both sides use it yes is this in many cases the future of warfare probably yes is there a better alternative that's a good question so you know what's your take on that is everyone to start assuming that well that's that's the future of warfare that's the way that i
united states may have to defend there we're. going to question that's who the purist and those are sort of five of them but you know the attitudes that we see in terms of this are really interesting to for example right we had u.s. officials coming out last week saying that israel was in fact funding the enrique. a in order to carry out or at least play some kind of a role in the assassinations the murders of nuclear scientists in iran you have some people arguing that well it's ok if israel's...
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to oil and the united states is responding to china also with increased military presence united states says that the south china sea is an area of national interest to the united states their course it doesn't make any sense it's like china saying the gulf of mexico is an area of national interest to china so the united states is asserted that chinese territorial wars or a matter of national interest to washington so i think these types of. militaristic statements. encourage china to build up its military and so the americans essentially may be trying to start another arms race russia central city channels have come under criticism for an alleged pro piece of bias ahead of next month's presidential election a group of acts of as standing for thad actions as reports of the current prime minister and presidential candidate letting a person out see positive which undermines other candidates his chances elsie's diacritical their lives at how election hopefuls are making good use of their time . oh right now here live here day so far the most eccentric video in russia's presidential campaig
to oil and the united states is responding to china also with increased military presence united states says that the south china sea is an area of national interest to the united states their course it doesn't make any sense it's like china saying the gulf of mexico is an area of national interest to china so the united states is asserted that chinese territorial wars or a matter of national interest to washington so i think these types of. militaristic statements. encourage china to build up...
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for the united states is running under brent by about 10 bucks a barrel. the differential has been even greater in the last year. it peaked at 24 or 27 or something like that. relatively speaking, u.s. prices are relatively low. if prices go down, that could be a stimulus to the economy, but prices in the united states are generally lower than in other markets already. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. senator murkowski? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. gruenspecht, just very quickly, i want to ask for some clarification here. there's an article coming out of a local alaska newspaper from yesterday that indicates that the alaska to alberta gas pipeline, the proposal that's been under consideration for several years has been taken out of the outlook reference case, because it determined that the project would not be economical based on the price forecast through 2035. and then there is another statement that says that the final 2012 outlook, which is to be issued in the spring, will, in fact, include some aspect or will include alaska in its determination. ca
for the united states is running under brent by about 10 bucks a barrel. the differential has been even greater in the last year. it peaked at 24 or 27 or something like that. relatively speaking, u.s. prices are relatively low. if prices go down, that could be a stimulus to the economy, but prices in the united states are generally lower than in other markets already. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. senator murkowski? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. gruenspecht, just very...
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states. -- united states? that's the logic and rationale we had when the constitution was drafted and when it was ratified. it should be our logic and rationale today, mr. speaker. it looks good. there are many good things about our immigration policy, but what's good in particular is it has attracted the cream of the crop of every donor civilization on the planet. every country that contributed immigrants to the united states has sent us their dreamers, their doers, their workers. those people that wanted to access the american liberty and develop out the american dream. excuse me. when you think about america not being an appendage of england or scotland or ireland or italy or ethiopia or colombia or any other nation on the planet, we're not an appendage of that. we're the country that is set up to filter, to screen out the also-rans, those people who had only a mode yolker dream and went through the filter of people who had the exceptional dream, the dream that gave them exceptional energy and exceptional v
states. -- united states? that's the logic and rationale we had when the constitution was drafted and when it was ratified. it should be our logic and rationale today, mr. speaker. it looks good. there are many good things about our immigration policy, but what's good in particular is it has attracted the cream of the crop of every donor civilization on the planet. every country that contributed immigrants to the united states has sent us their dreamers, their doers, their workers. those people...
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is supple and going along with the united states then the united states is fine to have a u.n. sanction for its actions but when the u.n. and the people of the world or the countries of the world resist then the united states says the u.n. is unwilling to do its job and then uses other instruments like nato or other military arrangements they did that in the case of yugoslavia they did that in the case of the iraq war whenever the u.n. doesn't go along the u.s. then says well to heck with you one will use some other instrument for the exercise of american power last year the u.n. security council authorized me to to protect civilians in libya but the mission resulted in regime change the libyan authorization of force was very specific and it didn't authorize regime change in the countries that partook in their operation clue you know actually for exceeded the u.n. mandate and their operations i think that's symbolic of the fact that these libya that these u.n. mandates really are meaningful in the terms of international law and it's just the reality of nato countries have flood
is supple and going along with the united states then the united states is fine to have a u.n. sanction for its actions but when the u.n. and the people of the world or the countries of the world resist then the united states says the u.n. is unwilling to do its job and then uses other instruments like nato or other military arrangements they did that in the case of yugoslavia they did that in the case of the iraq war whenever the u.n. doesn't go along the u.s. then says well to heck with you...
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the united states has no leverage. we're not going to invade germany, we have no army anyway, you know, we have limited exports with them. they don't respond to moral an situation. so his idea is, let's extract the jews. and the problem is, you can't bring them into the united states. because the immigration quota's only 26,000 plus a couple thousand for austria. that's a drop in the bucket. what's the only way you could change the quotas? yeah? >> congress. >> yeah, you have to go to congress. and is that a promising thing to do? why not? >> they weren't favorable. >> no. the depression is still going on. there's no chance in the world congress is going to open up the doors of america to immigrants. if anything, if you went to congress, what was the more likely result? >> they'd say to cut off all immigration. >> cut off all immigration or at least cut the quotas. so that wasn't an option. so you can't bring them into the united states except you know in small numbers. so what can you do? >> exactly. let other nations
the united states has no leverage. we're not going to invade germany, we have no army anyway, you know, we have limited exports with them. they don't respond to moral an situation. so his idea is, let's extract the jews. and the problem is, you can't bring them into the united states. because the immigration quota's only 26,000 plus a couple thousand for austria. that's a drop in the bucket. what's the only way you could change the quotas? yeah? >> congress. >> yeah, you have to go...
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states we are starting to concentrate our efforts to expose the fact that the united states government is carrying out through a different set of tactics the same thing that they did in iraq they carried out regime change in iraq not to make iraq more democratic more human rights oriented but to dominate iraq and i think they they want to do that in iran and we need to have people outside of iran stand up and say iran should not be alone on this does the presidential elections have any say in what's going on in real and what's going to happen with iran and tens of washington. i think the presidential elections in the united states definitely play a role in u.s. policy towards iran that by the way has been the case ever since the iranian revolution iran has factored into american politics in this case the republican candidates are sort of baiting obama and suggesting that if obama is reelected we will have a nuclear armed iran someday soon well i do something just to counter their statements because it's an election year i don't think so i think that it's not out of the question that ob
states we are starting to concentrate our efforts to expose the fact that the united states government is carrying out through a different set of tactics the same thing that they did in iraq they carried out regime change in iraq not to make iraq more democratic more human rights oriented but to dominate iraq and i think they they want to do that in iran and we need to have people outside of iran stand up and say iran should not be alone on this does the presidential elections have any say in...
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states export to china look at the real numbers the major exports from united states to china last year was cornered so we beings scrap steel and scrap plastic looks more like a eighteenth century economy what we see in united states the other hand what you see is china exporting their number one export united states is now electronic equipment. manufacturer may factor look tronics so china story twenty years ago on the low wage low value added in oh did serry new order go in many american companies are going to get global competitors coming out of china in future yeah you mentioned scrap metal scrap paper yeah if you look at the list of exports from the top twenty states that export to china from the united states number two or number three on the list is always garbage america's excellent exporting its garbage to china like scrap paper for example which of course china recycles into cardboard cardboard boxes and resells back to united states and has made many many billions of dollars for people over there who are not afraid of doing a day's work of course in america that's not in the
states export to china look at the real numbers the major exports from united states to china last year was cornered so we beings scrap steel and scrap plastic looks more like a eighteenth century economy what we see in united states the other hand what you see is china exporting their number one export united states is now electronic equipment. manufacturer may factor look tronics so china story twenty years ago on the low wage low value added in oh did serry new order go in many american...
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states the united states is an excellent net exporter of gasoline right now but gasoline prices are very high so fred why are energy prices so high. well there's only one answer here that's there someone not fully elements in the picture but in so far as the price of oil is concerned over the years it's gone up since two thousand and eight because demand is out running supply and olympic kind of just the price of oil they are the ones who determine the supply on the margin opec determines the supply and opec of course has an agenda that agenda is to bank. an enormous amount of money this year and they intend to do that and game theory we call that a focal focal. and their goal is to get as much this year as they got last year which was an enormous amount of money and so they want to not allow the price to go down if you were in their place you would do exactly the same thing it's not speculate should well we'll get back to him just like you yes i'll get to speculation in a second her what do you think the reasons are and supply and demand is the market out of whack is it reacting to
states the united states is an excellent net exporter of gasoline right now but gasoline prices are very high so fred why are energy prices so high. well there's only one answer here that's there someone not fully elements in the picture but in so far as the price of oil is concerned over the years it's gone up since two thousand and eight because demand is out running supply and olympic kind of just the price of oil they are the ones who determine the supply on the margin opec determines the...
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a liability of the united states government but it's not a liability that the united states government can never meet because the u.s. government is the monopoly issuer of the dollar our debts are denominated in dollars and so therefore it's not a dead where we have borrowed another currency or it's tied to some fixed rate of exchange or there's a gold backing or something like that and the proof is in the putting lauren i mean we've been hearing so much about the debt in the united states and remember it's and p. downgraded the credit rating of the united states and guess what interest rates have been going down down down down down and we were warned that oh gosh if this ever happened we're going to see a spike in interest rates and foreigners are going to sell their bonds and foreigners are selling their bonds the chinese have been selling a lot of their u.s. securities interest rates are going down and that simply because the rate is set by the fed i mean that's the way it works is mike isn't that an unsustainable model ok we're talking about rates being loud and they're low because
a liability of the united states government but it's not a liability that the united states government can never meet because the u.s. government is the monopoly issuer of the dollar our debts are denominated in dollars and so therefore it's not a dead where we have borrowed another currency or it's tied to some fixed rate of exchange or there's a gold backing or something like that and the proof is in the putting lauren i mean we've been hearing so much about the debt in the united states and...
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what is it in the united states? $2.42. six, seven times cheaper in the united states. that means it's cheaper for every manufacturer, cheaper for every farmer, cheaper for every consumer. what do the democrats think? we love natural gas. let's keep it here. let's not be setting up terminals all across our country to export the natural gas across the planet with the department of energy saying that if we did that the price of natural gas in the united states would rise 57%. how can that be good for consumers? isn't that our advantage? saudi arabia is the saudi arabia of oil. we are the saudi arabia of natural gas. why don't we use that to our advantage? why don't we use that to inoculate ourselves against what saudi arabia of oil does to us, by jacking the price of oil up and down? why don't we become independent of them? why don't we move to all natural gas vehicles? why don't we use natural gas in the generation of electricity? why don't we use natural gas in the production of all of our products? why don't we use natural gas in the homes of our country and the factor
what is it in the united states? $2.42. six, seven times cheaper in the united states. that means it's cheaper for every manufacturer, cheaper for every farmer, cheaper for every consumer. what do the democrats think? we love natural gas. let's keep it here. let's not be setting up terminals all across our country to export the natural gas across the planet with the department of energy saying that if we did that the price of natural gas in the united states would rise 57%. how can that be good...
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they were mad at the united states. the united states had stabbed them in the back in june, they had declared war on them when they were in mortal danger from napoleon. so they were mad. that's where the english stood at that time. where did the americans stand? well, the americans had done terrible on the ground. their whole invasion of canada had failed. and the privateers did go out, but it takes a long time to get that all going. the privateers were going quite well, but it would take a very long time before that really came into play. what about the american navy? well, my word, the american navy was doing just great. the first defeat of the american army in canada was at detroit in august of -- august 15 of 1812. madison could not believe it. he was horrifyied. here it was an election year, he had told everybody he was going to invade canada and do all this stuff, and here he is, he loses. and this is going to kill him in the election. four days later, four days later the uss constitution, old ironsides, have you
they were mad at the united states. the united states had stabbed them in the back in june, they had declared war on them when they were in mortal danger from napoleon. so they were mad. that's where the english stood at that time. where did the americans stand? well, the americans had done terrible on the ground. their whole invasion of canada had failed. and the privateers did go out, but it takes a long time to get that all going. the privateers were going quite well, but it would take a...
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african-americans registered to vote in the united states. and i tell people sometimes if all 19 million of us lived in chicago and could vote three times the way they do in chicago, mccain still would've beat us. so obama had to reach across the aisle and find people to vote for him in order for him to get elected president of the united states. he did what harriet tubman did with the underground railroad, what frederick douglass did, the american soldiers did when they joined the union army. they joined to help make this country a better place. so i wanted to say that in the beginning because i think that right there puts a very important opening on how we begin this discussion about the centennial. time has changed in the united states and changed for good reasons, changed for the better, and i think the -- the moral of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice. i want to say as we start, and let me back up for a minute and say the african-american civil war museum located here in washington, d.c. has african-americans who joined p
african-americans registered to vote in the united states. and i tell people sometimes if all 19 million of us lived in chicago and could vote three times the way they do in chicago, mccain still would've beat us. so obama had to reach across the aisle and find people to vote for him in order for him to get elected president of the united states. he did what harriet tubman did with the underground railroad, what frederick douglass did, the american soldiers did when they joined the union army....
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united states and. i have heard an opinion about one of the talk shows recently from one of the candidates that i've said i've been to the united states americans don't care about russia i mean they really don't care whether they have other things to do so and it seems that russia the russians and all the russian kandice really do care about the united states what they're thinking what they're planning do you see some consolation here between the attitude of us us and them in the us you know it is a conflict and i had the chance to ask a question to the candidate me. thursday and he said you know we are a great country talking about russia and good point you know we are a very great country and we will not be pushed around or affected by what an ambassador does or not so basically he was able to come put it into perspective and mental eyes and i think there's been a lot of historical stuff in the russian media and on this question on the web somebody is very outrageous videos attacking the u.s. ambassad
united states and. i have heard an opinion about one of the talk shows recently from one of the candidates that i've said i've been to the united states americans don't care about russia i mean they really don't care whether they have other things to do so and it seems that russia the russians and all the russian kandice really do care about the united states what they're thinking what they're planning do you see some consolation here between the attitude of us us and them in the us you know it...
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or they will come to the united states and say, can you build a pipeline through the united states? so we can send the oil to china and to south america. it's going to china. it's going to south america. it's going to europe under any circumstances unless you pass my amendment to keep it here. that's the canadian plan. don't you understand? that's their plan. and if i cape from louisiana or texas, i'd going along with opposition to my amendment. by the way, if you come from louisiana or texas, vote against this amendment. i'm telling you this right now. vote against the marky amendment. i give you this warning. tex texas, oklahoma, louisiana, vote no. if you come from any other part of the united states, i do noent he what you're thinking. this oil is not going to the united states. it's going to other countries in the world. >> the gentleman's time has expired. before i recognize you, i'm going to take the chair's prerogative and ask my friend from massachusetts a question. when we all know you were an entrepreneur as a young man and you were selling ice cream at red sox fenway par
or they will come to the united states and say, can you build a pipeline through the united states? so we can send the oil to china and to south america. it's going to china. it's going to south america. it's going to europe under any circumstances unless you pass my amendment to keep it here. that's the canadian plan. don't you understand? that's their plan. and if i cape from louisiana or texas, i'd going along with opposition to my amendment. by the way, if you come from louisiana or texas,...
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we think that if the united states -- certainly the united states will be a player. the united states is well respected for its safety record, for its care and the way it handles its own civilian nuclear industry, and for the technologies that it has developed. companies like ge, westinghouse. it would also benefit if we had a homegrown new technology for enriching uranium for -- again, so that we can offer for sale to other countries, other developing countries. you know, france is a player in this. russia is a player in this. we think that if the united states is a supplier of this uranium, that we could have a moderating effect, again, on nonproliferation issues. so it's for that reason as well. >> in essence, discouraging emerging economies from developing their own enrichment capabilities. >> right. >> saying the fuel they need for a peaceful nuclear power facility can come from the united states. it will be a stable, affordable supply through domestic -- >> that's correct. in fact, if you put yourself in the shoes of another country who might want to have nucle
we think that if the united states -- certainly the united states will be a player. the united states is well respected for its safety record, for its care and the way it handles its own civilian nuclear industry, and for the technologies that it has developed. companies like ge, westinghouse. it would also benefit if we had a homegrown new technology for enriching uranium for -- again, so that we can offer for sale to other countries, other developing countries. you know, france is a player in...